change. FREDERICK ANDERSON GOODWIN, director, 6 Mar 2000 - 21 Nov 2008. 66. I can now pick up the chronology again by referring to what happened at that auction. Do you have anything to say about costs? Swift codes also known as BIC Codes is a unique bank identifier used to verify financial transactions such as a Bank Wire Transfer. Mr Hunter says that the cattle are in his possession, they are under his control, they are not in the possession of the bank, they are not under the control of the bank. I will hear the parties on any detailed points arising in relation to the order, but in principle it seems to me it is an appropriate order for the Court to make. National Westminster Bank Plc v Morgan [1985] AC 686 Undue influence; presumption; bank vs customer (327 words) Facts The defendants were a married couple who bought a house on mortgage. The land which is the subject of the sale contract entered into at the auction is the land the subject of the charges. I am inviting the Court to direct a shorter period pursuant to paragraph (2)(a). Citations: [1985] 2 WLR 588; [1985] AC 686. Formal demands by the bank for payment were made in 1992 and there were intermittent payments by the husband until January 1993, after which he was declared bankrupt. On the other hand, this matter has gone on for a considerable time and you have failed to comply with Court orders in the past. Is there a system to do that, sir? Newcote Services Limited. Hunter Menton Senior VP, Sales, Corporate Business Unit at National Westminster Bank Hunter Menton is a Senior VP, Sales, Corporate Business Unit at National Westminster Bank based in London, Greater London. A debenture which provided that a charge over book debts was a specific (i.e. 76. Well, I will deal with that in a moment. fixed) charge and required the company to pay the proceeds of the debts when received into the company's account with the bank and not otherwise to deal with the debts created a fixed charge over the book debts in accordance with the decision in Siebe . 87. Making that contract, as I say, does not take from him his equity of redemption. 69. 10 (National Westminster. You will also now be aware of the two papers served at Aylesbury County Court on Monday, 11th July 2011 by Mr Oldham and Mr Malt, who intend to establish their proprietal rights over Manor Farm, Pitchcott. MR JUSTICE MORGAN: And they will take effect whether you issue an appellant's notice or do not issue an appellant's notice. The charge of 6th July 2006 is in relation to property described as land and buildings at Manor Farm, Pitchcott, Aylesbury, Land Registry title number BM195811, and the charge dated 12th April 2007 relates to land at Kirkdene, Pitchcott, Aylesbury, Land Registry title number BM126848. 70. Listing NGR: SE2637427830 I note that your letter is silent on these points. It is only if one takes into account both contracts that one gets an aggregate price of 1.55 million. The Second Defendant is his wife, Mrs Karen Hunter. Millett LJ gave a short judgment agreeing with that of Phillips LJ and the third member of the court, Butler-Sloss LJ, agreed. While he has tended to the cattle it may be that the bank has not done anything to interfere with or tend to the cattle itself. MR JUSTICE MORGAN: ----or one of the orders should not be made, then given that it is going to take effect either immediately or tomorrow the only point in running that appeal is if you can get to the Court of Appeal fast. The court set down the principles to be applied in abuse of process cases, where a . The bank replied in these terms: "In my letters to you earlier this week I made it clear to you that as a condition of any proposals being accepted and for me to be able to ask the Receivers to withdraw the property from the auction the bank would require your solicitor (1) to pay a non-refundable deposit of 10 per cent of any agreed settlement figure prior to auction and (2) to provide proof of funding. 79. National Westminster Bank. Rights have been acquired by Mr Taylor's company, Mr Taylo's compoany is on the face of it entitled to pursue those rights. During the afternoon of 14th July 2011 the firm of Allsops, well-known surveyors and auctioneers, auctioned the land at The Park Lane Hotel, Piccadilly, London, W1. 19. This offer is open for acceptance until 4.30 p.m. There are one or two matters of suggested legal principle which are identified in a skeleton argument which has been prepared by or on behalf of Mr Hunter. 3. The position under the auction contract is radically different. National Crime Agency v Dong; National Westminster Bank v Jones; National Westminster Bank Plc v Morgan; National Provincial Bank v Ainsworth; Neale v Willis; Jurisdiction code: Breach of Contract, Disability Discrimination, Maternity and Pregnancy Rights, Sex Discrimination. I do not have any evidence to judge what the measure of damages might be, but that would be the legal consequence. MR JUSTICE MORGAN: No, but the Court of Appeal is not going to really know what this case is about, particularly with Mr Hunter acting without legal assistance, unless it sees what was put forward as the reasons for the decision. The bank, National Westminster Bank Plc, is involved with the land and buildings to which I have referred pursuant to two legal charges, one dated 6th July 2006 and the second dated 12th April 2007. That is what he has to do to get the appeal up and running, is it? It is some considerable time since the Receivers have been appointed and they have acted as such during that period of time. 72. It provided for payment of a deposit of 1. Secondly, completion under the auction contract was to be very much earlier than completion in relation to the contracts of 14th July 2011 or pursuant to the suggested position prior to the auction on that day. Using IBAN since United Kingdom has officially introduced the IBAN system in April 2001. ", 25. By clause 1 of the charge Mr Hunter covenanted to discharge on demand the mortgagor's obligations. The contract provides for title to pass to the purchaser pursuant to a Land Registry transfer form, in form TR2, which is to be executed by National Westminster Bank Plc as transferor pursuant to the legal charges. Having done that, Mr Hunter entered into two contracts of sale, one relating to a small area of land at Kirkdene for 7,500 and the other relating to the bulk of the land at a price of 922,500. If you are to get any modification of these orders you will have to in your own interests act extremely quickly. I don't believe the Court h as -- well, that's the appeal, for the appeal to decide. MR JUSTICE MORGAN: But you are in very considerable need of capable legal advice not later than tomorrow morning I would suggest to get on with this. Should the property remain unsold following the auction and you can provide proof of funding from your new lender I shall be happy to give further consideration to your refinancing proposals. Miss Windsor, is there a point about public footpaths that needs to be considered? So shall we talk about the first and start with you, Miss Windsor? This decision, together with an academic article written by Roy Goode, [1] is sometimes looked upon as the turning point in relation to the stricter requirements in relation to . By Stuart Littlewood. 61. Public Company Incorporated: 1968 Employees: 110,000 Assets: 98.64 billion (US$178.4 billion) Stock Index: London New York Tokyo National Westminster Bank (NatWest) was created in 1968 by the merger of three major banks all established in the early 19th century: the District Bank, the National . 2 - 0 Beckenham FC. He referred to alternatives that might instead have been pursued. Not only do we facilitate the sharing of data but we also utilise our investigative . ", 27. MR JUSTICE MORGAN: Mr Hunter pays the costs for the two applications on the standard basis to be subject to a detailed assessment? It may also mean -- I need not decide this -- that he is not able to contract to make such a disposal. National Westminster v Morgan [1985] AC 686 by Will Chen 2.I or your money back Check out our premium contract notes! As I have indicated the contracts of February 2011 were not completed. National Westminster Bank plc v Spectrum Plus Ltd and others [2005] UKHL 41 Practical Law Case Page D-000-1223 (Approx. It is not necessary for today's purposes to decide when it was that Mr Hunter and K Hunter and Sons Limited altered the date on the February contracts to be 14th July 2011. However, pursuant to the draft order which is before the Court I am invited to order and I will order a number of restrictions of Mr Hunter's future conduct. There are well known authorities including Property & Bloodstock Limited v Emerton [1968] Ch.94, which say that when a mortgagee contracts to sell the mortgaged property the equity of redemption is suspended between the making of the contract and completion and is finally extinguished upon completion of that contract. By Clause 1.1 of the charge Mr Hunter charged by way of legal mortgage the property which I have described as the subject of the charge. Pursuant to the negotiations with Mr Hunter on 14th July 2011, some at least of the purchase price, perhaps a substantial part of the purchase price, was to be postponed for a 12 month period. Citing: Applied - Henderson v Henderson 20-Jul-1843. 77. 55. The Court of Appeal was in no doubt that in a case where everyone agreed the property should be sold that it was not appropriate to use the jurisdiction of section 91(2) to override the mortgagee's exercise of its power of sale. Clause 8 of the contract is headed "Matters affecting the property". My improved offer of 1.550 million to be paid in 12 months is clearly above the guide price set by Allsops and well in excess of the 1.375 million valuation by Savills. Let me invite Mr Hunter to deal with that. MISS WINDSOR: If Mr Hunter would like the three cattle herded through the gate, as he herded the other 87 through, onto his brother's land the Receivers will arrange for the three cattle to be handed over at the gate at that point. 30. Mr Hunter conversely contends that the Receivers did the wrong thing by putting the property up for auction when he had made offers of the kind I have described to buy the property. Nestle v. National Westminster Bank plc ; Soud : Odvolac soud : Rozhodnuto : 6. kvtna 1992 : Citace [1992] EWCA Civ 12 , [1993] 1 WLR 1260 Historie ppadu ; Pedchoz akce [2000] WTLR 795; Independent, 4. ervence 1988, (1996) 10 (1) Trust law International 113, 115 If I made an order in Mr Hunter's favour under section 91(2) whereby Mr Hunter sold the land to K Hunter and Sons Limited I would place Mr Hunter in breach of contract in favour of Mr Taylor's company. MR JUSTICE MORGAN: Well, I am giving you an opportunity, which you do not have to take, of raising any point of detail on the drafting of the order. SE 1422 NE (east side) 6/14 No. He has deliberately, in breach of Court orders, refused to do so to gain an advantage by his unlawful conduct. In this context Miss Windsor cited a passage from Fisher and Lightwood's Law of Mortgage, 13th edition, paragraph 30.38. 5. But possession and control do not turn upon ownership, one man can be the owner and another can be in possession and a third can have control. In my judgment it is clear that Mr Hunter has been and remains a person interested in the right of redemption. 13 December 2021. 16. Shares were issued on the sending of the allotment letter, not when the shares came to be registered in the company's books. That means section 12 applies. Clause 3 of the charge is headed "Restrictions on charging, leasing, disposing and parting with possession". Then there is the question of funding. 01-11-2022 Summary of outcome On 10 October 2022, the High Court handed down its judgment in the appeal of Steiner v National Westminster Bank plc [2022] EWHC 2519. Previously, Hunter was Read More Contact Hunter Menton's Phone Number and Email Last Update 11/13/2022 7:20 PM Email h***@natwest.com 40. The consequence of that will be that the only contract that Mr Hunter is able to perform is the one in favour of Mr Taylor's company. It is plain to me that he will continue to be uncooperative and difficult in similar ways to those which he has manifested in recent times. That condition is in extra special condition 11 which is in these terms: "11.1, the condition will be satisfied on the date that the seller has informed the buyer that the cattle that were on the lot as at the date of the auction as shown on the sale of memorandum, the auction date, has been removed. 42. Turning then to the position of Mr Taylor's company, the Court has not been given evidence as to the position of that company or the people standing behind it. On 26 February Jordan hosted a meeting at Aqaba between Israel and the Palestinian National Authority (PNA). Whether that came before the other contracts of 14th July or after it in my judgment makes no difference. The time has come for this state of affairs to be brought to an end by direct intervention by the bank assisted by the Court's order and so I will make the order which I am asked to make. History [ edit] In 1970, the club was formed as a result of the merger between National Provincial Bank and Westminster Bank to form NatWest. I don't understand the system, sir. 3. I can only give permission if I am satisfied that you have a real prospect of success in the Court of Appeal or there is some other reason why this case should be considered by the Court of Appeal. As the months went by the bank considered what course it should take and at some point it considered it should sell the land by auction in a conventional way. Walking down Lord Street and turning onto Church Street in Fleetwood is the wonderful National Westminster Bank Building. Brief history This joint stock bank was established in Southwark in 1836 as Surrey, Kent & Sussex Banking Co. The other differences between the two contracts favour the auction contract over the suggested position with K Hunter and Sons Limited. I am very far from satisfied on the material before me today that K Hunter and Sons Limited has tied up satisfactorily the question of funding a purchase at a price of 1.55 million. Working with your business. MR HUNTER: I think both, sir. Venue: CLUB LANGLEY Pitch 1. 60. It may be that by reason of what is happening on the land, completion with Mr Taylor's company will not be in five days' time, it may be it will happen in late December or January, but that has come about not because Mr Taylor's company has required that and has only been prepared to bargain on that basis, but because Mr Hunter -- in breach I have to say of an order of the Court -- has manoeuvred himself to produce that adverse consequence. The last thing he wanted to do was to contract at an auction to sell the property, but in law that is precisely what he has done. It was paid by cheque and the cheque has cleared. Abuse of Process and Re-litigation. It seems to me inevitable that I must proceed today on the basis that the Receivers have been validly appointed and have the powers vested in them by the legal charges. Bays 2, 3 and 4. are set within octagonal colonnettes surmounted by lantern domed finials, I say that because this case does not turn upon which contract is first in time. They are in force. MR JUSTICE MORGAN: Paragraph 3 is you are to deliver everything up. I will refer to the buyer as Mr Taylor's company. Main Road. Raheem Bucknor. Is that a point to ask? If the buyer sought specific performance the buyer would be entitled to take title to the property, but because the property is charged with a debt of 2.5 million or more the buyer would not pay the purchase price to Mr Hunter but would instead have a substantial claim for damages in addition to the remedy of specific performance. At the date of the order for possession in August 2010 the debt was approaching 3.5 million. London Stock Exchange uses cookies to improve its website. Found National Westminster Bank Plc v Hunter & Anor useful? The charge is a defined phrase which enables one to see it is a reference to the charges in favour of National Westminster Bank, to which I have referred. He is not in practical terms able to redeem the charges so he is not able to convey free from the charges. 6 bay facade. That is in place of 3(ii), is it? Under section 12(3) it is open to the bank to serve a particular notice which if it is not complied with will entitle them to sell the goods, namely the cattle. Plainly, the bank's primary concern was to realise the value of its security so as to reduce the indebtedness owed to it. Hunter, Dan 13 13 1 13 Key, Jono 1 1 14 Macdougal, Ewan 12 . Taxpayer stake in Natwest reduced again as government sells shares. Do you want to say anything about the points of details save for the general points? The immediate difficulty created by those contracts for Mr Hunter is that Mr Hunter was not then and has not since been in a position to redeem the bank's charge. The next matter to which I need to refer is the fact that the contracts made on 23rd February 2011 have been amended in a way to which I will refer. The meeting was called to de-escalate the sharp increase in violence in the occupied Palestinian territories. I would be minded to make an order that he do it straight away while he is here, otherwise he will seek to take advantage of the difficulty in tracking him down, which may take a few days. The judge adjourned the application to be relisted at the next available date after 20th July 2011.". MR JUSTICE MORGAN: Right. Is it said to be wrong in law or is it said to be unfair or is it said to be wrong in fact? 56. 57. contains alphabet). MR JUSTICE MORGAN: Well, let me see. It is also the case that there have been further applications to the Court and eventually Mr and Mrs Hunter did leave the land, that is they ceased to reside on any part of the land or buildings. That is generally regarded as the appropriate action of a bank or a Receiver who has a duty to take steps to obtain a proper price for the security. 78. The contracts of February 2011 provided for Mr Hunter as seller to sell the land to K Hunter and Sons Limited for 930,000. The resulting figure was 930,000. MR JUSTICE MORGAN: Right. The 14th July was a significant date because it was the date fixed for an auction of the charged property. You have had months, you have had chances, you have behaved the way the evidence shows. Courts, sentencing and tribunals; The contracts of 23rd February 2011 have not been completed. Formal demands by the bank for payment were made in 1992 and there were intermittent payments by the husband until January 1993, after which he was declared bankrupt. Paragraph 2 says you are not to go there. The contract was to be completed six months from the date of the contract. 62. Those proceedings were heard in the County Court on 10th August 2010. It seemed to emerge in the course of argument that Mr Taylor is known to Mr Hunter and it also seemed to emerge that the buyer is not Mr Taylor personally but is a company controlled by Mr Taylor. You are also aware that there is waste contaminated by asbestos that has to be removed by 2nd August 2011, which is a condition set by the enforcement notice served by Aylesbury Vale District Council. The way in which Mr Hunter went about assessing a suitable price for such a sale to the connected company was to take a valuation of the entirety of the charged property, to deduct from it the proceeds of sale on the sale of part of Kirkdene and to arrive at a resulting figure. That refers to a contract. On the other hand, he is in person. [2] It is the leading English case and a banker's right to combine accounts, [3] and also an important decision relating to insolvency set-off.
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